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Right on!! This belongs in this topic 100%. I grew up in the Oregon coast range, the patch work of clear cuts are truly disturbing. Second growth will never become old growth if these practices don't change very soon. There is a very small number of times that an acre of forest can be clear cut, before the soil will become completely nonproductive. Look at the spread of phytoptra and laminated root rot, both are exasperated by logging practice.

I'm very behind on my stats, but I've been told that Oregon has less than 1-3% of old growth forest remaining, measured in plots greater than 10 acres (any thing under 1,000 acres is not a forest imo). Most of which is in very small patches in inaccessible locations.

Help these people out! They already have a huge chunk of their goal raise, and perhaps it will grow from there!
 
One of the biggest problems I've run into when trying to change ideologies where the environment is concerned whether it be in preserving trees or cleaning up waterways, is the economics of it. When appealing to corporations or governments it is imperative that there is an economic benefit to taking action. We have been divorced from nature, learned to fear it, taught to control it, define it as a natural resources to be exploited. There is a huge learning curve to move through to get to the point where we as a society understand the real benefits of existing in a balance with the ecosystem we are part of.

To move away from the current model of nature as an economic resource we must first demonstrate clearly how leaving it alone is in itself a valuable asset beyond aesthetic and spiritual. Those aren't easily quantified for those that need to account for everything on a balance sheet (that's corps and govts). I believe that by doing this we can get those that are in the middle ground to see the need to preserve natural environments for more than just somewhere to camp and go and play for the day. In moving them towards a conservation/preservation attitude then the others will follow.

When surveyed the economy comes out on top as the greatest concern with the environment lagging far behind (http://phys.org/news/2013-02-global-surveys-environmental.html). So, in the end tie the environment clearly to the economy and you will see people starting to take a greater interest in preserving it. As for now it is seen only as an expense, a very big expense that we can't afford to cover.
 
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